How to multitask in Linux with Screen

Screen allows you to have multiple shell sessions, switch between them, as well as terminate the SSH session on a remote machine while keeping long-running tasks running, and return to the session later.

Start new screen session

screen
screen -S session_name

Detach from screen

^a + d

List screens

screen -ls

Re-attach screen

screen -r session_name

Quit screen

screen -X -S session_name quit